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What is Limasawa: The First Mass Debate about?
The document discusses the controversy over the site of the first Catholic mass celebrated in the Philippines. There are two competing claims - one that it occurred on the small island of Limasawa in southern Leyte, and another that it took place on a beach in northern Mindanao called Masao, near the city of Butuan. Eyewitness accounts from Pigafetta and Albo state the first mass was held on an island called Mazava or Mazaua after traveling west from Homonhon island towards Leyte, which matches the location
- Author
- Rachel Duhaylungsod
- Language
- EN